WELCOME TO TNRD 2019

Dear Colleagues,

28th Year Annual Meeting of Turkish Society of Neuroradiology will be held at the Conrad Hotel in Istanbul between 15 - 17 February 2019. It is my great pleasure to state that this meeting will have many "Firsts

Following the change of our constitution, Annual Meeting Presidents will be selected among our member colleagues and they will preside once. It is my privilege and honor to announce that Prof. Dr. Nail Bulakbasi was selected as the President and Prof. Dr. Özlem Alkan was selected as the Secretary for 28th Year Annual Meeting of Turkish Society of Neuroradiology in 2019.

The format of our meeting will change from "National to "International.

It was decided to organize "TSNR meets.. meetings and sessions with neighboring Neuroradiological Societies and Chapters. Our aim is to establish and to escalate collaborations and cooperations with neuroradiological societies and chapters of neighboring countries. First time, "Turkish Society of Neuroradiology meets Serbian Society of Neuroradiology session will be held during 28th Year Annual Meeting of Turkish Society of Neuroradiology in 2019.

Again, first time, accepted scientific abstracts will be published on the relevant issue of Neuroradiology, which is indexed in SCI. Neuroradiology is also the official journal of the Turkish Society of Neuroradiology.

On behalf of the Executive Committee of the Turkish Society of Neuroradiology, I am looking forward to having your valuable contributions to have a successful and fruitful annual meeting.

It will be our great pleasure and honor hosting you in Istanbul.

Best regards, Prof. Dr. E. Turgut TaliPresident, TSNRD

Dear Colleagues,

As the President of the 28th Year Annual Meeting of Turkish Society of Neuroradiology, it is my honor to invite all colleagues, who are dealing with Neuroradiology and Head-Neck Radiology to our meeting at the Conrad Hotel in Istanbul between 15th to 17th February 2019.

We have set-out the main topic of this year's meeting as "2019 update" in the selected topics of Neuroradiology, Pediatric Neuroradiology, Interventional Neuroradiology and Head-Neck Radiology, in the direction of your feedback to our previous meetings.

This year three distinguished professors from the United States of America will attend to our meeting as guest speakers; the Past President and Gold Medalist of ASNR, and world well-known, one of the best neuroradiology educators Prof. Dr. Anne G. Osborn, form University of Utah, the Past President of ASPNR, Prof. Dr. Thierry AGM Huisman from Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center, and the Past President of ASHNR Prof. Dr. C. Douglas Philips from the New York Weill Cornell Medical School. As the Turkish Society of Neuroradiology, this year we changed our meeting into international concept and in this context our first meeting will be held with Serbian Society of Neuroradiology. Four distinguished professors from the Serbian Society of Neuroradiology will also attend our meeting as guest speakers; Dr. Prof. Dragan Stojanov, President of Serbian Society of Neuroradiology, Prof. Dr. Tatjana Stosic Opincal Past President, Prof. Dr. Milos Lucic, Vice President and Prof. Dr. Katarina Koprivsek.

On the first day of our three-day meeting, national lecturers, composed of distinguished members of TSNR, will speak on two separate halls, and on the last two days predominantly international speakers will lecture on single hall. In satellite symposiums and workshops, we will also be able to share with you the new technical innovations and developments of our industry colloquies.

This year, scientific abstracts accepted for our meeting will be published on the relevant issue of "Neuroradiology, which is also the official journal of the Turkish Society of Neuroradiology. The online abstract submission for meeting will be held between July 15th to October 15th 2018 to synchronize the publication period with the meeting. Only submissions in English will be accepted for review between these dates, in accordance with the rules set at www.tnrd2019.org, all submissions posted after October 15th, 2018 will not be evaluated for publication.

In the hope of having a successful Annual Meeting, we are waiting for valuable contributions from our colleagues and industry representatives, who are dealing with Neuroradiology and Head-Neck Radiology, both from Turkey and abroad. I hope to meet you at the 28th Anniversary Annual Meeting of TSNR.